Chad already thinks he is outgrowing the pranks he gets to do with his frat mates. He loves to still do them, comes up with more on the fly, but somehow is aware life is changing. Then he sees the man that he would change it all for. Bailey is warned about the rival fraternity and its prankster,...
This is book #2 in the CU Hockey Series. This book can be read as a standalone novel. For reader enjoyment, and to avoid spoilers, I recommend reading this in order intended. Jacobs & Beckett are both up for the position of Team Captain. The leaders believe in competitive motivation, apparently...
Foster goes off to the new year of college with a focus in mind - Hockey. Then his brother adds a twist. He asks him to keep an eye on his best friend who will be attending the same institution of learning. The same best friend who is close to his brother, whom he has avoided since he felt the pu...
I spontaneously picked the audio version of this book yesterday as my book for "Snakes and Ladders" square no. 40, "characters involved in the entertainment industry"; realizing that I'd read it so long ago that I remembered little more than the (rather unusual) method of murder and the fact that it...
Book themes for Boxing Day/St. Stephen’s Day: Read anything where the main character has servants (paid servants count, NOT unpaid) or is working as a servant him-/ herself. Well, I guess one could count Roderick Alleyn as a public servant, seeing as he's a policeman, but the actual pièce de résis...
A Man Lay Dead is a British murder mystery of the classic British murder mystery format. Lots of potential suspects at a weekend party/get-together at some fancy mansion, everything is, "just so ghastly," and all the women are, "so dreadfully frightened." Meh. Nothing special here, really, but it...
I started reading Agatha Christie when I was a teenager and read most of the books out of order and in Spanish. I figured I owed it to myself to make sure I read them in the language they were written and in the order she wrote them so I could understand a progression of the detectives.This is one o...
Back to Marsh's strength with a theatrical murder. Structurally this is an unusual mystery, spanning over a year and a half. In many ways it is more paean to Shakespeare, to theatre, than it is mystery. Overall it works well, and the primary protagonist is a likeable type. It doesn't quite captu...
The first Miss Marple. I was surprised that Miss Marple was really just a supporting player in this book since the first person narration was by the vicar. I listened to the audio which was read ably by James Saxon.
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